JP3408981B2 - coffee maker - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coffee maker, and more particularly to heating a built-in water to pour boiling water from an upper part, and store the boiling water in a filter cup. The present invention relates to a coffee maker in which coffee is poured into a filtered coffee powder, and the extracted coffee is received in a pot provided at a lower portion of the filter cup. 2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows the most general structure of a conventional coffee maker 1 of this kind, wherein 2 is a main body of the coffee maker 1 and a heat insulating plate 3 is provided at a lower portion. The heater 4 is provided on the lower surface of the heat retaining plate 3. [0003] Water supplied from a water tank 5 installed at the upper rear part of the main body 2 is supplied to a heater 4 through a water supply pipe 6.
The hot water heated by the heating pipe 7 formed integrally with the main body 2 is sent to the upper portion of the main body 2 through the hot water pipe 8 and discharged from the spout 9. [0004] Reference numeral 10 denotes a pot, which is a pot body 1.
1, a handle 12 is fixed to the rear part, and a spout 1
3 are formed. A filter cup 14 is placed on the pot 10, and the filter cup 14 has a funnel-shaped filter placement portion 16 for accommodating a filter (not shown) inside a cylindrical outer peripheral wall 15. Have been. At the rear of the filter cup 14, a pressing piece 17 is protruded, and a part of the pressing piece 17 is arranged along the upper part of the handle 12 of the pot 10. Reference numeral 18 denotes a cover for covering the upper portion of the filter cup 14. A through hole 19 is formed in the center of the cover 18, and the cover hole covers the upper portion of the filter cup 14 while the cover 18 covers the upper portion. 19 allows hot water to be poured into the coffee powder in the filter. [0006] The filter cup 14 is
Is placed, the filter is stored in the filter mounting portion 16, coffee powder is put in, and the pot 10 is mounted on the heat retaining plate 3 of the main body 2 with the upper portion of the filter cup 14 covered with the lid 18. When water is supplied to the water tank 5 and the heater 4 is energized, the water in the water tank 5 reaches the heating pipe 7 through the water supply pipe 6, and the mixture of hot water and steam that has been heated and boiled passes through the hot water pipe 8. Ascends, and hot water is poured from the outlet 9. The hot water enters the filter cup 14 through the passage hole 19 of the lid 18 and is poured into the coffee powder, and the coffee extracted there is dripped into the pot 10 from the small hole 20 at the bottom of the filter mounting portion 16. Then, the heat is kept by the heat of the heat retaining plate 3. However, in this type of coffee maker 1, after the coffee is extracted, the pot 10 is taken out of the main body 2, the filter cup 14 is placed on the pot 10, and the The coffee is poured from the pot 10 to the coffee cup 21 with the lid covered. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the filter cup 14 can be held on the pot 10 by pressing the pressing piece 17 with the finger of the hand holding the handle 12, while the lid 18 is 14 only when placed on the top of the container 10 when the pot 10 is tilted greatly.
8 drops off. Normally, the lid 18 is locked to the upper edge of the filter cup 14 at the step of the peripheral portion or the like. However, when the pot 10 is tilted greatly, the lid 18 turns around the front edge as shown by a chain line A as a fulcrum. Move and fall off. When the rear end of the lid 18 is locked to the filter cup 14 by some means, the front end of the lid 18 is separated from the filter cup 14 as shown by a dashed line B, and coffee powder is opened from there. Overflows. As described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-17426, a holding piece is suspended from the lid 18 along the side surface of the filter cup 14, and the grip 12 is held together with the holding piece 17 of the filter cup 14. There is also known a structure in which a finger is pressed with a finger to prevent falling off. However, it is also possible to remove the filter cup 14 from the top of the pot 10 and cover the pot 10 with the lid 18 alone.
If a holding piece is provided on 8, it becomes an obstacle. [0013] As shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-2705, a structure is known in which the cover 18 is fixed to the filter cup 14 so as not to fall off. A special operation is required for attaching and detaching the, which makes it difficult to use. Further, the outer peripheral wall 15 of the filter cup 14
Can be made extremely low so that the lid 18 can be directly pressed by the hand holding the handle 12 when pouring coffee.
6 penetrates deeply into the pot 10, and when the filter mounting portion 16 comes into contact with the coffee in the pot 10, the coffee powder is immersed in the hot water and the coffee becomes cloudy. In order to avoid this, the filter
When trying to increase the distance between the bottom of the pot 10 and the bottom of the pot 10, the pot 1
0 becomes large indiscriminately. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and prevents the lid 18 from falling off when pouring coffee with a simple structure, and is an obstacle even when the lid 18 is directly put on the pot 10. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism for preventing a lid of a coffee maker from falling off. According to the present invention, there is provided a main body having a hot water spout at an upper part, a pot installed below the spout, and a filter housed therein. In a coffee maker comprising a filter cup mounted on a pot and a lid covering an upper part of the filter cup, the lid having a passage hole through which hot water poured out from the spout is passed, wherein the lid is provided with the filter cup. The locking portion is mounted on the front end portion and the rear end portion of the lid and the filter cup so as to be swingable back and forth with respect to the lid, and is locked in a state where the lid is swung forward with respect to the filter cup. Is formed. FIG. 1 shows a main part of a coffee maker 1 according to the present invention. The pot 10 has a handle 12 and a spout 13, on which a filter cup 14 is placed, and a holding piece 1 of the filter cup 14.
7 is along the handle 12 of the pot 10. An annular wall 22 extends upward from the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 15 of the filter cup 14, and the holding piece 17 extends from an upper edge of the annular wall 22 via a horizontal portion 23 at a rear end. The locking piece 24 on the upper surface of the horizontal portion 23.
The upper end of the locking piece 24 has a locking claw 2 on the rear side.
5 are formed. A recess 26 is formed in the inner surface of the annular wall 22 at the front end. The lid 18 has a hot water passage hole 19 in the center thereof.
Are formed. An annular wall 27 is provided on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the lid 18.
When the lid 18 is put on the filter cup 14, the annular wall 27 is loosely fitted inside the annular wall 22 of the filter cup 14, and the lid 18 can swing back and forth. . At the rear end of the lid 18, a protruding piece 28 extends rearward, and a through hole 29 is formed in the protruding piece 28. When the lid 18 is put on the filter cup 14, The locking piece 24 is loosely fitted in the through hole 29. At the front end of the lid 18, an annular wall 27 is formed.
A locking claw 30 protrudes from a lower end of the filter cup 14 so that the locking claw 30 fits into the recess 26 of the filter cup 14 when the lid 18 swings forward. According to the present invention, the filter cup 14 is placed on the pot 10, the lid 18 is put on the filter cup 14, and placed on the heat retaining plate 3 of the main body 2, and Extract the coffee as if it were solid. At this time, when the cover 18 is put on the filter cup 14,
Is fitted to the locking piece 24, and the annular wall 27 is fitted to the annular wall 22 of the filter cup 14. Therefore, no special operation such as screwing or operating the locking means is required to cover the cover 18. When the coffee extraction is completed, the pot 10 is taken out of the main body 2 together with the filter cup 14 and the lid 18 placed thereon, and the coffee is poured into the coffee cup 21. At this time, the filter cup 14 is held on the pot 10 by pressing the holding piece 17 with the finger of the hand holding the handle 12, so that the filter cup 14 does not fall even if the pot 10 is inclined. When the pot 10 is tilted forward to pour coffee, the lid 18 swings forward, as shown in FIG. The locking claw 25 is locked to the rear edge of the through hole 29. Even if the pot 10 is further tilted in this state, the locking claw 25 and the through hole 29 are locked at the rear of the lid 18 and the locking claw 30 and the recess 26 are locked at the front. The lid 18 does not fall off, and even if the inclination angle exceeds 90 °, the lid 1
8 does not drop. The locking depth between the locking claw 25 and the through hole 29 and the locking depth between the locking claw 30 and the concave portion 26 are only required to prevent the lid 18 from falling off. ,
About 0.5 to 2 mm is sufficient. When the lid 18 is removed from the filter cup 14, the depth of engagement between the lid 18 and the filter cup 14 is shallow, so that the lid 18 can be removed by lifting the lid 18 as it is, No special operation such as releasing the locking means is required. When the filter cup 14 is removed and the lid 18 is directly placed on the pot 10, the annular wall 27 can be fitted and placed on the upper opening of the pot body 11 as shown in FIG. In addition, since the lid 18 has no large protrusion, there is no obstacle to the operation. As shown in the drawing, a concave portion 31 is formed on the upper surface of the handle 12 of the pot 10, and the projecting piece 28 is formed in the concave portion 31.
If the pot 10 is tilted while pressing the protruding piece 28 with the finger of the hand holding the handle 12, the coffee can be poured with one hand without the lid 18 falling off the pot 10. Thus, according to the present invention, no special operation is required for attaching and detaching the lid 18 with a simple structure, and the lid 18 does not fall off the filter cup 14 when pouring coffee. At the same time, even when the lid 18 is directly placed on the pot 10, the protruding portion does not hinder the pot 10 and is extremely easy to use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a main part of a coffee maker of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a state where a lid in FIG. 1 is swung forward. Central longitudinal sectional view of a state in which a pot is directly covered with a lid in FIG. 4 [FIG. 4] Central longitudinal sectional view of a coffee maker [FIG. 5] Side view of a conventional coffee maker in a state where the pot is tilted [Explanation of symbols] 2 Body 9 Outlet 10 Pot 14 Filter cup 18 Lid 19 Passage hole 25 Locking claw 26 Depression 29 Through hole 30 Locking claw

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Claims (1)

(57) Claims 1. A main body (2) having an outlet (9) for hot water at an upper portion, a pot (10) installed below the outlet (9), and an inner portion. A filter cup (14) containing a filter and placed on the pot (10);
Lid (18) covering the upper part of the filter cup (14)
In the coffee maker (1) having a passage hole (19) through which hot water discharged from the spout (9) passes through the lid (18), the lid (18) is attached to the filter cup (14). The cover (18) is mounted so as to be able to swing back and forth, and the cover (18) is rocked forward with respect to the filter cup (14) at the front end and the rear end of the cover (18) and the filter cup (14), respectively. A coffee maker characterized by forming a locking portion (25, 26, 29, 30) which is locked in a moved state.